Pope visit

...nt two of those days in the City of Philadelphia. Arriving at Philadelphia International Airport at three in the afternoon on October 3rd, 1979, Pope John Paul II was greeted by John Cardinal Krol and Mayor Frank Rizzo. Also, in attendance was a 2,000 elementary student choir, as well as,

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Historic Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...pal infallibility (the belief that the pope cannot be wrong in matters of faith), raised concerns that Catholics owed allegiance first to the Church and not to the United States. The increasing number of Catholic immigrants, most notably from Ireland, led many to believe that America’s Protestant culture was at

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Misericordia Hospital

...e Sisters broke ground on the hospital on October 24, 1915 and had a ceremony for the cornerstone on September 24, 1916.[5] Original designs for the hospital involved the main building as well as four diagonal wings to form a cross of Saint Andrew; however, only the main structure would

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Alliance of Catholic Women

...er notable part of the Alliance was its focus on education. This took on a number of different forms over the years. In 1920 with its first major program, the ACW established an endowment to fund scholarships to the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.[6] Named after an early member, the

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